Es handelt sich bereits um die fünfte Marinebasis des Iran an der strategisch wichtigen Meerenge zwischen dem Persischen Golf und dem Golf von Oman. Der Stützpunkt liegt im Hafen Bandar Lengeh, 1100 Kilometer südlich von Teheran entfernt.

What’s in a Name?

The first is linguistic and quite simple. Say these words out loud: Iran’s civilian nuclear program.

But it is no stranger to controversy. The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) lists 10 instances of company misconduct, including settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit in which DynCorp agreed to pay $7.7 million to resolve allegations that it submitted inflated claims for the construction of camps in Iraq.

The State Department’s own inspector general filed a report that alleged DynCorp provided inadequate operations and maintenance support at Camp Falcon in Kabul, Afghanistan, and ought to reimburse the government $157,000 for food service overcharges submbitted for November 2009 through January 2010.

A British soldier stationed in Cyprus has been stabbed to death in a nightclub in the resort of Ayia Napa.

John Glaser

In April of this year, President Obama approved the CIA’s request to begin launching targeted assassinations in Yemen through drone strikes even when the identities of those being targeted is not know. The US government calls these “signature strikes,” and they are being deployed constantly in both Yemen and Pakistan. Drone operators thousands of miles away view people on the ground through a grainy video feed and identify “suspicious behavior.” And on that basis, the people are bombed.

In American popular culture, the United States government and military are almost always portrayed as agents of good struggling to overcome evil. This is particularly true of Hollywood depictions of US warfare.

Banken müssen bereits jetzt die Mietung eines Schliesfaches an eine zentrale Erfassungsstelle des Staates melden – einschliesslich aller Daten aller Bevollmächtigten. Doch das ist erst der Anfang: Nun möchte der Staat nicht nur wissen, wer ein Schliessfach hat, sondern auch, was drin ist! Übliche Begründung: Geldwäsche und Terror.

Concern over role of contractors
Plaintiff Jason Arnold said he understands that contractors are a necessity for often-specialized tasks, but he hopes the verdict forces the U.S. military to reexamine its relationship with the private defense industry.

During the Iraq war, KBR was the engineering and construction arm of Halliburton, the biggest U.S. contractor during the conflict. KBR split from Halliburton in April 2007.

The FBI is expected to question a suspect in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, „in the coming days,“ according to a U.S. government official with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Compounding the American military‘s difficulties on the Japanese island of Okinawa, a U.S. airman is under investigation over allegations he broke into a local family‘s home early Friday and assaulted a teenage boy before jumping off a third-floor balcony.

Ein Sprecher von Syriens früherem Regierungschef Rijad Hidschab sagte, dem Gremium sollten Mitglieder des SNC und des Kurdischen Nationalrats sowie zivile Vertreter, Militärangehörige, altgediente Oppositionelle und religiöse Führer angehören.

The frigate‘s executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Ivan A. Jimenez, the chief engineer and the operations officer were also removed. The Navy cited personal conduct involving use of alcohol and not adhering to established liberty policies.

The commanding officer of San Diego-based frigate USS Vandegrift has been relieved from duty after his crew’s misconduct, aggravated by alcohol, during a visit to Russia’s port of Vladivostok in late September.